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Links to resources and articles on peoples' assemblies

By , 27 December 2018 13:43

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A popular assembly (or people's assembly) is a gathering called to address issues of importance to participants. ... Some assemblies are of people from a location, some from a given workplace, industry or educational establishment others are called to address a specific issue. The idea is gaining traction at the moment in the UK, given the Westminster chaos around Brexit.

Yiannis Varoufakis "To be democratic, the People’s Debate must take place in regional assemblies, leading to a national convention, where a menu of options is finalized before the next House of Commons translates them into referendum questions...

Catherine Leonard is a recent graduate from Ulster University’s Master of Science degree in Communications and Public Relations and was one of the eighty members of the Citizens’ Assembly that met over two recent weekends on social care for the elderly

A future fantasy? Brett Hennig co-founded and directs the Sortition Foundation. He researches network forms of democracy and is the author of the book, "The End of Politicians: Time for a Real Democracy"

All Hands On is a documentary series about democracy. Its premise, and the motivation for making it, is that we do not live in a democracy. We like to think that we do. It is counterintuitive and challenging to even consider that we don’t.

With just two months until exit day, it remains unclear what form Brexit will take. Could citizens’ assemblies provide some of the answers to the questions politicians have yet to resolve? Alan Renwick outlines the scenarios ...